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The Mix

News and analysis pulled from the rush

Wiretap: Did this brutal Texas cop not see the camera?

Candid camera? The movement for cop-cams is growing around the country. In McKinney, Tex., where the cop was caught on video strong-arming a 14-year-old African-American girl...

Homebrew: GoFundMe pulls Twin Peaks’ funding campaign

Fund times GoFundMe, the crowdsourcing website, has put Twin Peaks Charter Academy’s fundraising campaign under review. The school’s principal had set up the fundraising page...

Readers’ views: Mitch Morrissey and the police who killed Jessica Hernandez

Last Friday, Denver's District Attorney Mitch Morrissey announced he would not prosecute the police who killed Jessica Hernandez. Readers responded passionately to our coverage. Denver-resident, arts...

Twin Peaks charter school bucks Polis, retains anti-gay lawyer

Embattled Twin Peaks Charter Academy will keep its lawyer, Barry Arrington, despite a request from Congressman Jared Polis that Arrington, who has an anti-gay track...

Taming the South Platte River

Making sure there's plenty of clean water for people to use on a daily basis isn't easy in a world with 7 billion people....

Wiretap: Another white cop brutalizing black youth

More proof The video of the Texas cop manhandling a young black girl at a pool party has gone viral. And the story of cops using excessive...
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Aspen voters limit city’s sweetheart deals with developers

In early May, Aspen voters moved to limit the power of the City Council to give sweetheart deals to developers, joining such towns as...

Jessica Hernandez’s killers ‘justified’ – like all killer cops under Morrissey

Nobody expected Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey to indict police officers for killing 17-year-old Jessica Hernandez. Denver, after all, isn’t a city known for...

District Attorney will not prosecute police who killed Jessica Hernandez

District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has opted not to prosecute the Denver police officers who killed unarmed 17-year-old Jessica Hernandez January 26 in Park Hill. Morrissey...

Reader’s view: Sen. Laura Woods flunks Common Core 101

To the Editor: Statements by Sen. Laura Woods in a recent Colorado Independent article prompted me here to address some inaccuracies. She states incorrectly that...
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